March 19, 2026
NASA ready for another shot at launching Artemis II... - March 19, 2026
Tonight: NASA ready for another shot at launching Artemis 2 moon mission. Plus what to see in the night sky.
Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other soruces.
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Calaroga Shark Media. Welcome to Sleep from space. A Falcon
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nine rocket is heading to space. Later today, SpaceX launches
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from Cape Canaveral Space four station, Florida, sending up the
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Starlink Internet Satellites mission. The booster will attempt a drone
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ship landing in the Atlantic. Look west after sunset to
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catch the thin crescent moon. It'll set early, leaving the
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rest of the night nice and dark. Leo. The Lion
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rises in the east tonight. Look for the distinctive backward
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question mark pattern. That's the lion's head and main regulus.
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A blue white star marks his heart. Mars remains bright
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in the evening sky, while Venus emerges as the brilliant
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evening star low in the west after sunset. NASA's approach
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to managing the development of crude lunar landers for Artemis
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has successfully controlled costs but not schedule, raising questions about
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NASA's desire to accelerate those efforts. Here's something to think about.
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The Voyager I spacecraft, launched in nineteen seventy seven, is
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now over fifteen billion miles from Earth and still sending
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data back. An asteroid called twenty twenty six FA is
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passing by today. It's about the size of a small building,
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passing about one point seven lunar distances away. No danger,
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just a cosmic neighbor dropping by. Tonight's report was compiled
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by AI from NASA Launch Library and Spaceflight News. See
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you tomorrow, night,
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